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Writing Abroad A Guide for Travelers
ISBN: PB: 9780226444499, ISBN: HB: 9780226444352, University of Chicago Press, November 2017
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
"Tell me all about your trip!" It's a request that follows travelers as they head out into the world, and one of the first things they hear when they return. When we leave our homes to explore the wider world, we feel compelled to capture the experie...
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£17,00
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£50,50
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Luftwaffe in Colour Volume 2: From Glory to Defeat 1942-1945
ISBN: PB: 9781612004556, Casemate, June 2017
160 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 400 colour illus.
Eighty years after its creation, the Luftwaffe is still one of the most fascinating forces in the history of aviation. A companion to Luftwaffe in Colour Volume 1, which covered the victory years from 1939 up to Spring 1942, this volume with nearly 4...
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£19,00
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Luftwaffe in Colour Volume 1: The Victory Years, 1939-1942
ISBN: PB: 9781612004082, Casemate, October 2016
160 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 300 colour illus.
This remarkable work pulls the lid off one of the legendary air forces in history at the very peak of its power-unveiling the and machines as they truly existed day-to-day, underneath the propaganda of their own regime and the scare stories of their...
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£19,00
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Immersion A Writer's Guide to Going Deep
ISBN: PB: 9780226113067, ISBN: HB: 9780226416168, University of Chicago Press, October 2016
192 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm
Over three and a half decades, Ted Conover has ridden the rails with hoboes, crossed the border with Mexican immigrants, guarded prisoners in Sing Sing, and inspected meat for the USDA. His books and articles chronicling these experiences, including...
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£13,50
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£41,50
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Invention of the American Art Museum From Craft to Kulturgeschichte, 1870-1930
ISBN: HB: 9781606064788, Getty Publications, July 2016
256 pp., 25x15 cm, 119 colour illus.
A rigorous account of the European origins of American art museums American art museums share a mission and format that differ from those of their European counterparts, which often have origins in aristocratic collections. This groundbreaking work r...
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£40,00
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PhDictionary A Glossary of Things You Don't Know (but Should) about Doctoral and Faculty Life
ISBN: PB: 9780226359281, ISBN: HB: 9780226359144, University of Chicago Press, April 2016
304 pp., 21.6x15.2 cm, 3 tables
Navigating academia can seem like a voyage through a foreign land: strange cultural rules dictate everyday interactions, new vocabulary awaits at every turn, and the feeling of being an outsider is unshakable. For students considering doctoral progra...
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£15,00
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£48,00
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Museums Matter In Praise of the Encyclopedic Museum
ISBN: PB: 9780226100913, University of Chicago Press, September 2013
164 pp., 20.5x14 cm, 10 halftones, 4 colour illus.
The concept of an encyclopedic museum was born of the Enlightenment, a manifestation of society's growing belief that the spread of knowledge and the promotion of intellectual inquiry were crucial to human development and the future of a rational soc...
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£11,50
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Chicago Guide to Landing a Job in Academic Biology
ISBN: PB: 9780226101309, ISBN: HB: 9780226101293, University of Chicago Press, May 2007
176 pp., 23x15 cm, 12 halftones, 54 line drawings, 4 tables
"The Chicago Guide to Landing a Job in Academic Biology" is an indispensable guide for graduate students and post-docs as they enter that domain red in tooth and claw: the job market. An academic career in the biological sciences typically demands...
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£10,50
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£37,00
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Surprised in Translation
ISBN: HB: 9780226098739, University of Chicago Press, September 2006
128 pp., 21.9x15 cm, 2 halftones
For Mary Ann Caws – noted translator of surrealist poetry – the most appealing translations are also the oddest; the unexpected, unpredictable, and unmimetic turns that translations take are an endless source of fascination and instruction".Surprised...
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£28,00
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